Edwards vs Bosuku

Who won Edwards vs Bosuku?

Fabian Edwards beat Jonathan Bosuku by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of Bellator 223, on Saturday 22nd June 2019 at SSE Arena in London.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Fabian Edwards.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Edwards vs Bosuku stats

Fabian Edwards stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 7 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Jonathan Bosuku made his way to the cage with a record of 7 wins, 4 losses and 1 draw, 4 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Fabian Edwards' 12th fight in Bellator, having made his debut for the promotion in 2017.

Fabian Edwards' Bellator record stood at 9-3-0, while Jonathan Bosuku's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Bosuku had an advantage in power over Edwards, with a 57% knock out percentage over Edwards' 43%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Edwards had a massive advantage over Bosuku, boasting a 43% submission rate over Bosuku's 0%.

Fabian Edwards was the older man by 3 years, at 32 years old.

Edwards had a height advantage of 3 inches over Bosuku.

Edwards was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 5 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2017, 3 years and 3 months later than Bosuku, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 17 more professional rounds, 44 to Bosuku's 27.

Edwards vs Bosuku form

Edwards had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Costello van Steenis at Bellator Euro Series 8 on 26th September 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Allianz Cloud, Milan, Italy.

Previous to that, he had won against Mike Shipman at Bellator London on 23rd November 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at SSE Arena, London, England.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Jonathan Bosuku at Bellator 223 on 22nd June 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at SSE Arena, London.

Before that, he had defeated Falco Neto at Bellator Birmingham on 4th May 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Resorts World Arena, Birmingham, United Kingdom.

He was victorious against Lee Chadwick at Bellator Newcastle on 9th February 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle.

Activity check

Edwards' last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 4 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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